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Frozen Four

marty — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:42:08 +0000

Miami Redhawks

Went to the semis yesterday for the Frozen Four with Dean. Watched Miami beat Bemiji State 4-1 and then had the pleasure of sitting with some BU students as they expressed their inferiority complex with BC as they played Vermont… I like it when the fans get into it as much as the next guy, but lets try and alter our chants when BC is nowhere to be found.

Anyway DCist has some photos up here.

So anyway we will be back this evening as Miami tries for their first ever national championship. Go Redhawks. Now NCAA, about some beer tonight…

From NHL.com:

How the RedHawks win:

They must do what Vermont and New Hampshire weren’t able to do before them. Both the Catamounts and Wildcats caught BU slacking for a period of play (each time in the second frame), and while they both capitalized on their chances, they weren’t able to stem the tide when Colin Wilson and company turned it back on. Miami needs to turn BU mistakes into goals, and, more importantly, stop the Terriers from doing the same to them, especially in the BU end of the ice.

“They’re the number one team in the country for a reason,” Miami coach Enrico Blasi said. “They have a d-core that jumps into the play all the time, they have a d-core that sometimes initiates the rush. They’re very big, strong, they possess the puck well. They’re obviously well coached. It’s going to be a big challenge tomorrow night. Their puck possession game is very similar to our puck possession game so it’s going to be an interesting night. At the end of the day you have to play and see what happens.”

Mas Plabor

marty — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:01:54 +0000

YouTube Flavor

marty — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:45:44 +0000

Happy 2008 :)

marty — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:18:28 +0000

Start you year off right –>

In Rainbows

marty — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:59:35 +0000

I am “In Rainbows” today. Radiohead returns and lashes a frozen rope out of the musical ballpark! Hyperbole aside it is a tremendous album. Read a review with Johnny here.

Why give people the option to pay whatever they want? It’s just interesting to make people pause for even a few seconds and think about what music is worth now. I thought it was an interesting thing to ask people to do and compare it to whatever else in their lives they value or don’t value.

Are you working out plans to tour in America at this point? We’re talking about touring somewhere in the world next year. Now that the album’s out that’s what we’re talking about. I hope you’ll get to see some good shows.

Smiles. See you there.

NPR what what about “In Rainbows.”

Musica: Associated

marty — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:32:03 +0000

Hello! New Radiohead. Order here. Pay what you want for the album download or order the sweet package deal.

In other news the Okkervil River show was awesome. Here is a review with some photos.
Concert slideshow from NPR and a link to concert audio from NPR.

Justice for Timothy McKinney

marty — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:31:24 +0000

Read about Tim McKinney at TimMcKinney.org.

Support Tim, sign this petition.

View more of Tim’s art here.

RIP Kurt Vonnegut

marty — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:09:16 +0000

Bad Vista, Bad

marty — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:08:48 +0000

This one is for the children… Considering Vista? Heard something about the problems with Digital Rights Management (or perhaps DRM and Vista together)? Take a look at BadVista for a description of a few of Vista’s not so strong points and see DefectiveByDesign for more information about the scourge that is DRM.

Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, Lesotho, and the United States of America

marty — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:58:48 +0000

A Harvard study of 168 countries found that only 4 don’t offer some form of paid leave for new mothers–Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, Lesotho, and the United States of America.

Oh nice. Full story here.